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Florida Statute 536 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
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The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 536
TIMBER AND LUMBER
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CHAPTER 536
CHAPTER 536
TIMBER AND LUMBER
536.13 Stamp or brand for logs.
536.14 Brands to be recorded by clerk of circuit court.
536.15 May prevent use by others.
536.16 Prima facie evidence of ownership.
536.17 Where two or more brands the same.
536.18 Defacing the mark or brand of lumber and timber.
536.19 Unlawful use of recorded log brand or stamp.
536.13 Stamp or brand for logs.Any person engaged in this state in the business of getting out, buying, selling, or manufacturing saw logs, may adopt a stamp or brand for such logs, of such design as she or he may select.
History.s. 1, ch. 4738, 1899; GS 1256; RGS 2393; CGL 3802; s. 741, ch. 97-103.
536.14 Brands to be recorded by clerk of circuit court.A person may execute a written declaration that she or he has adopted a brand, describing it, and after acknowledgment of such declaration before any officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, may have the same recorded by the clerk of the circuit court in the record of mortgages, in any county in which she or he may desire to own or have in possession saw logs.
History.s. 2, ch. 4738, 1899; GS 1257; RGS 2394; CGL 3803; s. 742, ch. 97-103.
536.15 May prevent use by others.Any person who has had her or his brand recorded in any county, may prevent other persons from using the same in said county by a writ of injunction, restraining such use.
History.s. 4, ch. 4738, 1899; GS 1258; RGS 2395; CGL 3804; s. 743, ch. 97-103.
536.16 Prima facie evidence of ownership.Any log found in any county branded with a brand recorded in said county by any person shall be deemed prima facie to be the property of such person.
History.s. 5, ch. 4738, 1899; GS 1259; RGS 2396; CGL 3805.
536.17 Where two or more brands the same.In case there shall be recorded in the same county two or more brands the same, or substantially the same, the brand first recorded shall be the lawful brand, and the other shall be of no effect under this chapter.
History.s. 6, ch. 4788, 1899; GS 1260; RGS 2397; CGL 3806.
536.18 Defacing the mark or brand of lumber and timber.If any person shall fraudulently alter, change or deface the duly recorded mark, brand, or stamp of any lumber, logs or timber, or shall fraudulently mark, brand or stamp any unmarked or unstamped or unbranded lumber, logs or timber, with intent to claim the same or to prevent identification by the owner or owners thereof, the person so offending shall be punished as if she or he had committed larceny of the same property.
History.s. 1, ch. 4191, 1893; GS 3708; RGS 5659; CGL 7862; s. 744, ch. 97-103.
536.19 Unlawful use of recorded log brand or stamp.Any person who shall unlawfully use any recorded log brand or stamp of another shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 3, ch. 4738, 1899; GS 3709; RGS 5660; CGL 7863; s. 525, ch. 71-136.

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Amendments to 536


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 536
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S536.18 - LARC - ALTER DEFACE RECORDED MARK BRAND LUMBER/TIMBER - M: S
S536.19 - FRAUD - UNLAWFUL USE OF RECORDING LOG BRAND STAMP - M: S
S536.20 - FRAUD - REPEALED 2001-279 - M: S
S536.21 - FRAUD - REPEALED 2001-279 - M: S
S536.22 - HEALTH-SAFETY - REPEALED 2001-279 - M: S



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 536

Total Results: 20

James D. Ford v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-02-07

Snippet: became final before the issuance of Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002), Asay, 210 So. 3d at 22, nor does

Matthew Lee Caylor v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-30

Snippet: waived it. See generally United States v. Ruiz, 536 U.S. 622, 629 (2002) (“[T]he law ordinarily considers

Marco T. Denson v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-28

Snippet: U.S. at 106 (overruling Harris v. United States, 536 U.S. 545 (2002), and explaining that McMillan was

Washington County School Board, Calhoun County School Board v. Davis

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-23

Snippet: that act.” Nat’l R.R. Passenger Corp. v. Morgan, 536 U.S. 101, 113 (2002). In Morgan, the Supreme

State of Florida v. Mc Reynolds

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-22

Snippet: questions of fact. See Barnett v. State, 181 So. 3d 534, 536 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). We defer to those credibility

Roderick Owens v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2025-01-15

Snippet: 2d 907 (Fla. 1984); see also Johnson v. State, 536 So. 2d 1009, 1011 (Fla. 1988) (“The time limitation

Panaro v. State of Florida

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-13

Snippet: 2d DCA 2009) (quoting Rivera v. State, 561 So. 2d 536, 539 (Fla. 1990)). Simply put, Panaro gets the benefit

Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., and University of Florida Board of Trustees

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-11

Snippet: Hillsboro Plantation v. Plunkett, 55 So. 2d 534, 536 (Fla. 1951) (“A judgment is ‘final’ for the purposes

Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., and University of Florida Board of Trustees

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-12-11

Snippet: Hillsboro Plantation v. Plunkett, 55 So. 2d 534, 536 (Fla. 1951) (“A judgment is ‘final’ for the purposes

Evans, Evans v. Gulf Landings Association, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-10-25

Snippet: relief. See Miranda v. Volvo N. Am. Corp., 763 So. 2d 536, 537 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000) (observing that Florida Rule

Matthew Dettle v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-10-24

Snippet: S. Supreme Court’s decision in Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002). See Mosley, 209 So. 3d at 1278

Leo L. Boatman v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-10-17

Snippet: general in the circumstances.” United States v. Ruiz, 536 U.S. 622, 629 (2002) (emphasis omitted); see Figueroa-Sanabria

The State of Florida v. Jeremiah Harris

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-10-16

Snippet: 3d DCA 2015) and Snow v. State, 352 So. 3d 529, 536 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022)). See also State v. Quevedo

Bergeron Environmental and Recycling, LLC v. LGL Recycling, LLC

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-10-09

Snippet: Rental, LLC v. Vercon Constr. Mgmt., Inc., 60 So. 3d 536, 540 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011). “However, waiver of the

DRJ Atlantic, LLC D/B/A Hyundai of Jacksonville v. Amir Babadi,Cheryl Yeschenko, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and Progressive American Insurance Company

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-09-05

Snippet: Sys./Sunbelt, Inc. v. Machalek, 383 So. 3d 534, 536 (Fla. 5th DCA 2023) (quoting Univ. of Fla. Bd. of

Jermaine Foster v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-29

Snippet: U.S. Supreme Court decided Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), holding that “death is not a suitable

Loran Cole v. State of Florida

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-23

Snippet: 1990) (citing Quince v. State, 477 So. 2d 535, 536 (Fla. 1985)) (holding it is inappropriate to use

William Huether, III, M.D., and Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc. D/B/A Adventhealth Altamonte Springs F/K/A Florida Hospital Altamonte, Huether, III, M.D. v. Valeria Baroni

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-20

Snippet: Sys./Sunbelt, Inc. v. Machalek, 383 So. 3d 534, 536–37 (Fla. 5th DCA 2023) (quoting Univ. of Fla. Bd

William Huether, III, M.D., and Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc. D/B/A Adventhealth Altamonte Springs F/K/A Florida Hospital Altamonte, Huether, III, M.D. v. Valeria Baroni

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-20

Snippet: Sys./Sunbelt, Inc. v. Machalek, 383 So. 3d 534, 536–37 (Fla. 5th DCA 2023) (quoting Univ. of Fla. Bd

William Huether, III, M.D., and Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc. D/B/A Adventhealth Altamonte Springs F/K/A Florida Hospital Altamonte, Huether, III, M.D. v. Valeria Baroni

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2024-08-20

Snippet: Sys./Sunbelt, Inc. v. Machalek, 383 So. 3d 534, 536–37 (Fla. 5th DCA 2023) (quoting Univ. of Fla. Bd